Is newborn melatonin production influenced by magnetic fields produced by incubators?

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 707-710

  Bellieni, Carlo Valerio ^a   Tei, Monica ^a   Iacoponi, Francesca ^a   Tataranno, Maria Luisa ^a   Negro, Simona ^a   Proietti, Fabrizio ^a   Longini, Mariangela ^a   Perrone, Serafina ^a   Buonocore, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

6 hydroxy melatonin sulfate; Electromagnetic fields exposure; Neonates

Indexed keywords

6 HYDROXYMELATONIN O SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCUBATOR; NEWBORN; URINARY EXCRETION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCUBATORS, INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MELATONIN;

EID: 84863777232     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2012.02.015     Document Type: Article

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